There are not any soulsborne from FromSoftware, with the exception of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which is free from the possibility of ask for help against a boss. And this is appreciated due to the enormous difficulty involved in both Demon’s Souls and the Dark Souls or Bloodborne trilogy, having its greatest reflection with Elden Ring.
You can venture solo into the Midlands and enjoy it as a dwarf, or summon other players so that the trip is somewhat more bearable in case you choke on a specific area. And as usual in the Japanese studio, the process to do it will not be so intuitive from the outset, which is why we are going to explain to you now the process to play with more people in Elden Ring.
What item do you need to summon and where is it used
yes, to order help other people you will need an object, as has always happened in this class of FromSoftware games. And the object this time is called Bent Finger Remedy. It can be purchased from merchants, but it is not recommended to pay for this item knowing that you can make it easily.
As soon as you have unlocked the kit crafteo that Kalé sells you for 500 runes in the Elleh Church area in Limgrave, one of the first regions of the game, you can make said Bent Finger Remedy based on golden flowerswhich abound throughout the Midlands, so don’t worry.
When you have in your possession a Bent Finger Remedy you will simply have to use it to see summon signs next to your character and that other people have created. You interact with these signals and that’s it, you wait a few seconds until they appear. Now there will be Dark Souls-like restrictions:
- You won’t be able to summon anywhere, like the Round Table of Lost Grace, or enter or exit crowded dungeons as you please.
- You will not be able to use Torrentera, your horse, in the presence of other players.
- And the maximum number of allies to summon is only two.
What if you are the one who wants to be summoned by other people? Here you will have to use another object, the one called Bent Finger of Lightless, which is obtained near the Forsaken Tomb at the beginning of this titanic adventure. The process is the same, but in reverse, since you have to put the symbol in the area where you want to help other people, sharing the rest of the restrictions detailed above.
More options and tips for playing online
Another alternative to play with allies It comes from the summon symbols that appear on stone statues throughout the Midlands, always before boss areas or at the start of dungeons inside a Place of Grace. When you activate one of these symbols you will suddenly see different signals summoning other people or NPCs to help you.
In addition, there is also the option to use the small golden effigy that is granted to you the first time you interact with a summon symbol, in case you want to be the one to help other people in one of these dungeons or against a particular boss, as long as they have previously activated that symbol.
What if you want to play with someone in particular? Here the main advice lies in the use of passwords for the matchmaking, a simple trick that will sound familiar to you from Soulsborne. Simply set a password within the multiplayer menu and have your buddies use the same code to make sure that when you summon it only they come out and not just any strangers, which is very dangerous.
This has another advantage, disregard character level. If you are high level and your partner is low level, the game balances the other players to suit the host’s match in terms of health, damage, and stamina. Now, that you use password will not prevent you from being invaded.
